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TIL In the earliest version of Red Riding Hood she becomes a cannibal, eating her grandmother.

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BrnQL TIL in the UK, the 5 archbishops and 21 most senior bishops of the Church of England are automatically granted 26 seats at the House of Lords (UK's Senate), with full voting powers. According to Humanists UK, the only other country to give clerics this kind of power is the Islamic Republic of Iran.
NXxEb TIL Some dogs are set off into a panic attack at the smell of cooking lamb
NX0d6 TIL Uri Geller owns an island off the coast of Scotland which he declared a micronation and is offering citizenship for $1.
m8DY TIL There is a live webcam on the back of a tortoise that you can watch 24/7
VMREG TIL that clowns copyright their makeup by painting their faces on eggs. There is a clown egg registry in London.